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The best time I've had so far...

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July 16th 2009
Everywhere I’ve stopped going down the coast other backpackers told me how much they loved camping on Fraiser Island, and now I know why. Yesterday I got back from my trip to the island and it was the best time I’ve had in Australia so far. After a really long bus ride (16 hours) down from Airlie I got to Rainbow Beach. This is a really small town, but it’s kind of nice. It reminds me of li ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Fraser Island

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more